Nazism in Germany

rise of germany

LIBRARY RESOURCES

"The German Empire was founded on January 18, 1871, in the aftermath of three successful wars by the North German state of Prussia. Within a seven-year period Denmark, the Habsb"urg monarchy, and France were vanquished in short, decisive conflicts...At its birth Germany occupied an area of 208,825 square miles (540,854 square km) and had a population of more than 41 million, which was to grow to 67 million by 1914."

EXPLORE FURTHER

"The Treaty of Versailles was the preliminary peace treaty ending the Franco-Prussian War and marking the creation of a unified German empire, which had been proclaimed on January 18, 1871, in the very place at which the present treaty was signed, the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles."